Penn Central Car Movements #110 Part 2 / Empire Belt RR Action

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Welcome Back to Penn Central Car Movements #110

Our three layout virtual op with my layout interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division continues today in Empire City.

The Empire Belt RR Trainmen have welcomed Sir B.M. Kingsbeer owner of the Cuspidor & Southern Railroad, a narrow gauge railroad headquartered in Cuspidor, Colorado. Mr. BMK is visiting the EBRR as part of a management exchange program.

The action starts in Haydon Heights with PC Ralph and conductor Rocky getting ready to board and fire up the H16-44s that will power today's HH-1.

The guys get right to work pulling a long cut of empty covered hoppers from the Quaker Plant that will be moving towards their next PCCM loads.

Next move is to pull three empty Evans coil coaches from Gervais Pipe & Fitting for movement to their next PCCM loads.

The HH-1 has shoved back to the Quaker siding and couples up to a Hoschton Railway RBL loaded with cereal products for C&P Restaurant Supply in Rock Ridge, NJ. The gondola of pipe is for HVAC and will be delivered to the KP&W at Williams Yard. 

The HH-1 is ready to head to North Side Yard.

EBRR Train HH-1 is on the move.

PC Ralph has uncoupled the H16-44s from the HH-1 freight consist and has coupled on to what will be Train HH-2 that will deliver freight cars to the Haydon Heights industries. PC Ralph checks in with Sir Neal and Mr. BMK before heading out.

PC Ralph heads out with Train HH-2.

The HH-2 begins its work by delivering a pair of non PCCM paper carrying freight cars and several covered hopper of flour to the Quaker Plant.

Four non PCCM boxcars loaded with sugar and flour resepectively are spotted at Quaker.

Three empty EBRR and one empty PC gondola are spotted at Gervais Pipe & Fitting for their next PCCM loads.

The work done for now PC Ralph and conductor Rocky tie down the H16-44s.

It's time EBRR Belt Job to take care of the rest of the Empire City industries. Mr. BMK will be getting a cab view of the work the Belt Job does courtesy of senior engineer Sir Neal.

The Belt Job departs North Side Yard.

The Belt Job starts working the Empire Produce siding as the camera of 1:87 Emery catches the action. BAR 11128 is loaded with produce for ShopRite while BAR 7574 is loaded with produce for C&P Restaurant Supply, both located in Rock Ridge, NJ.

Empire Belt 57' Mechanical Refrigerator 5794, the newest piece of EBRR rolling stock recently out of the Patti O Paint Shop, makes its PCCM debut as it is spotted for a non PCCM load.

Now over in the Hohman Ave Industrial Park the Belt Job pulls PC boxcar 142770 from Superior Furniture loaded with furniture for Three Amigo's Warehouse in Rock Ridge, NJ.

The work continues at Moore & Company with a APRR boxcars 60394 and 60382 loaded with paper for Marcal in Rock Ridge, NJ getting pulled.

Penn Central boxcar 77047 gets pulled from Moore & Company loaded with burlap for Hedberg Aggregates in Marion, NY. PC boxcar 104478 is being pulled from City Pallet with a load of pallets for Reynolds Beverage in West Mill, NY

The Hohman Ave PCCM freight traffic is heavy today as the Belt Job pulls a pair of boxcars from Drywell Inks. P&E 3638 and the NYC Pacemaker car are loaded with ink for the Catskill Mountain Press in Bloomberg, NY.  

Sir Neal has the Belt Job ready to head back to North Side Yard.

The Belt Job is on the move.

Sir Neal has returned to North Side Yard with Mr. BMK who will be boarding the double decker bus to tour Empire City while the EBRR trainmen tend to the shunting of cars in the yard to prepare for the arrival of Long Island Train MA-3.

The EBRR guys have the yard in order and most of their transfer train to Terminal Yard ready to go.

Here come LIRR Train MA-3 from Fresh Pond.

Train MA-3 heads to North Side Yard.

The MA-3 consist is in the yard and caboose C-91 is retrieved for movement back to Fresh Pond Yard in Train MA-4.

LIRR engineer Jimmy Alco checks in with the EBRR gang and is introduced to Mr. BMK who is admiring the colorful Alco C420s.

LIRR Train MA-4 heads back to Fresh Pond Yard.

It's time for Empire Belt Train EB-2 to head out to Terminal Yard.

Empire Belt Train EB-2 departs North Side Yard.

Train EB-2 rolls thru Bedford.

The EB-2 arrives in Terminal Yard.

Senior engineer Sir Neal and Mr. BMK check in with the Terminal Yard high command and trainmen.

Empire Belt RR Train EB-3 departs Terminal Yard.

We'll cut it for for today with the EB-3 arriving back in North Side Yard.

We'll pick it tomorrow at Terminal Yard where the PCCM traffic is on several tracks already.

This wraps up part two on the NYCTL. Be sure to catch all the action on Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division

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See you tomorrow!!!